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Sunday, January 18, 2015

Dream Student by JJ DiBenedetto

Blurb:

College
junior Sara Barnes thought her life was totally under control. All she had to
worry about were her final exams, Christmas shopping, applying to medical
school—and what to do about the cute freshman in the next dorm with a crush on
her. Everything was going according to plan, until the night she started seeing
other people’s dreams.

It’s
bad enough that Sara is learning more than she ever needed to know about her
friends and classmates, watching their most secret fantasies whether she wants
to or not. Much worse are the other dreams, the ones she sees nearly every
night, featuring a strange, terrifying man who commits unspeakable crimes. Now
Sara wonders if she’s the only witness to a serial killer—and the only one who
knows when and where he’s going to strike next.

Dream Student is the first book of
the Dream Series.

Review by Rochelle Weber:

J.J. DiBenedetto is that rare author who is capable
of writing a series in which each book stands on its own. There are no cliff-hangers (one of my pet
peeves) here. Whether or not one wishes
to read the next book in the Dream Series is entirely dependent on the quality
of the writing of the books one has already read. The only drawback to having read Dream Doctor first is that I pretty much
knew how Dream Student ended when
I picked it up. Therefore, it’s a testament to Mr. DiBenedetto’s talent that Dream Student engaged me on page one and
kept my attention right through the final page, even though I knew who did it before
I opened the book. That is the mark of a
truly excellent author, and I cannot give greater praise. Buy the book and see for yourself. And if you haven’t read any of the other
books in the series, I guarantee Mr. DiBenedetto will keep you guessing to the
very end. I’m very good at figuring out
the ends of books, but he fooled me with Dream
Doctor, and probably would have done so here as well. I look forward to reading Dream Child. It’s waiting on my Kindle.